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Of all Pinetone heptatonic scales, Ryonian ♯2♯3♯4 is the brightest, and Phyradian ♭5♭6♭7 is the darkest. | Of all Pinetone heptatonic scales, Ryonian ♯2♯3♯4 is the brightest, and Phyradian ♭5♭6♭7 is the darkest. Note also that Ryonian ♯2♯3♯4 begins with the harmonic series segment 8:9:10:11:12. In fact, remarkably, the entire mode can be represented as the harmonic series segment 24:27:30:33:36:40:44:48. Note that the Phyradian dark minor and the Karakalian bright minors are tetrachordal, along with the Pinetone diatonic. | ||
None of these other diatonic scales are useful as a basis for tonal harmony, since for all of these scales the only two major or minor chords are part of the same minor 7 chord. Instead they may be employed for melodic reasons, or as alternate modes to use with the minor 7 chord. | None of these other diatonic scales are useful as a basis for tonal harmony, since for all of these scales the only two major or minor chords are part of the same minor 7 chord. Instead they may be employed for melodic reasons, or as alternate modes to use with the minor 7 chord. | ||
== Pinetone octatonic scales == | == Pinetone octatonic scales == | ||